For you Sarah
Hey, this is just a short little story :)
Dan.
He is the one. The one that I have waited my whole life to meet and now he stands before me barely two feet away. I can't take my eyes off the side of his unshaven face, his dark brown hair greasy and just reaching down to touch the top of his oversized ears.
This is my chance; this has to be my chance. God has put him here; in front of me for a reason. Who am I to turn down what is meant to happen? Maybe this is his fate, yeah I am sure it is, it can't be coincidence that he just happens to be in the same prison as me let alone that he is in the queue right beside me. Turning a little he looks at me dead in the eye, and then as if not recognizing me he turns back.
He doesn't even know who I am. Well the last time he saw me I would have been nine, the photo they showed of me and Sarah in the newspaper. He ruined my life, he made me a monster. This man has brought to prison and he in doing so he has brought be straight to him. The man's name is Ken Store, 15 years ago he raped my older sister Sarah and killed her. He left my big sister on the side of the road in the middle of the night, when he left her she was barely breathing with three stab wounds in her stomach. Fourteen years later I got locked away in here for beating a guy up with my baseball bat, I had no real reason but just being generally messed up in the head, I even admit that sometimes my behaviour can be unusual.
In here you have to be careful and because of this I always carry a toothbrush with one end sharpened to a point hidden in my shoe. Looking around I see no one has noticed my change in demeanour from calm to excited and tense, everyone is oblivious. I slowly bend down and subtly reach into my shoe putting out the inch long piece of sharp plastic.
I know I have around one minute before Ken moves on and I lose my chance, so I breathe in deeply and think of Sarah's smile and step towards him. For you Sarah.
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